Jitsi Meet hosting: video meetings with just a link.
Guests click and they are in, without an account and without installing anything. The server is with us, in the Netherlands.
Short answer
Jitsi Meet is software for video meetings in the browser. You send a link, and guests do not need an account or to install anything. You can share your screen, chat and use a lobby with a password. We set up a Jitsi server of your own in the Netherlands and keep it up to date. It can replace Zoom or Google Meet for meetings of up to a few dozen people.
When you think of Jitsi
- A client has to join and does not want to install a programme first.
- You want a meeting where the video does not pass through an American platform.
- You pay for a subscription of which you only use the video meetings.
What Jitsi is good at, and what it is not
Jitsi is made for a team meeting or a conversation with a client: from two people to a few dozen. Above that it gets heavy, for the server and for the participants, and we would rather say so now than later.
If you hold a weekly event with hundreds of viewers, or a webinar with recordings and calendar integration, you are better off with Zoom or Teams. If you mostly confer and now and then invite an outsider, Jitsi is enough.
What is in it
Getting in
- One link per meeting, no account needed
- A lobby and a password on the room
- Works in the browser
Meeting
- Camera, microphone and screen sharing
- Chat next to the picture
- Raising a hand and muting participants
With us
- A server that only your organisation uses
- An address under your own domain name
- Signing in through your existing accounts is possible
Facts about Jitsi Meet
- Licence
- Apache 2.0. The Jitsi name belongs to its owner, and the project has no link with Jevana.
- Replaces
- Zoom and Google Meet
- Size
- Meetings of two to a few dozen participants
- Guests
- No account, no installation
- Our part
- Setting up the server, following the updates, watching the load, and a daily backup of the settings with a copy elsewhere
Questions
How many people can join a Jitsi meeting at once?
For meetings of up to a few dozen people Jitsi works well. The exact number depends on the server, the participants' connections and how many have their camera on. We size the server to your use. If you regularly need more than a few dozen viewers, Jitsi is not the right choice, and we will tell you straight away.
Do guests need an account or an app for Jitsi?
No. A guest opens the link in a browser, allows camera and microphone and is in the meeting. On a phone an app is possible too, but optional. You decide whether guests come straight in or wait in a lobby first, and you can close the room with a password.
Who can see or hear a Jitsi meeting?
Only the participants and the server it runs on. That server is with us, in the Netherlands, and nobody else uses it. There is no advertising party and no analysis of conversations. Recording is not the default; if you want it, we agree beforehand where the recordings go.
Can Jitsi replace Zoom or Google Meet?
For most daily meeting work it can: meeting through a link, sharing a screen and chatting. What you miss are the features for large events. Many organisations keep Jitsi as the default and hold on to one paid account for the rare occasion that a client insists on a particular platform.
Goes well with
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Nextcloud Talk
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Matrix and Element
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Tell us what you run.
An introduction costs nothing. You talk straight away to one of the two people who will actually do the work.
or email info@jevana.systems